The Humanization of Consular Law: The Impact of Advisory Opinion No. 16 (1999) of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on International Case-law and Practice |
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| Authors: | Trindade Antonio Augusto Cancado |
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| Affiliation: | Correspondence: * Ph.D. (Cambridge); Judge and Former President of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Professor of International Law at the University of Brasilia, Brazil; Member of the Institut de Droit International; Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law (email: aacancadotrindade{at}yahoo.com.br). This paper was completed on 23 October 2006. Throughout this paper, dates are indicated in an abbreviated format as follows: [date].[month].[year], as, for example, 31.04.2004 |
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| Abstract: | This paper first introduces the process of the humanizationof international law and then analyses one specific aspect ofthis development: the humanization of consular law, with specialreference to the Advisory Opinion No. 16 (1999) of the Inter-AmericanCourt of Human Rights. The paper focuses on three specific points:(1) Consular Law beyond the purely inter-State outlook; (2)the right to information on consular assistance in the frameworkof the guarantees of the due process of law and (3) the humanizationof Consular Law in contemporary international practice. |
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